Rail-joint.



No. 818,726. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. E. WILLOWS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1905.

EDWVARD WILLOlVS, OF ST. HENRY, CANADA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed May 27, 1905- Serial No. 262,540.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD WViLLows, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing St. Henry, county of Hochelaga, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable oth ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail-joints; and it consists in certain features of novelty in the detail construction and arrangement thereof whereby the rail chair is equipped with means whereby meeting sections of rail may be locked in position within such chair and held against longitudinal or lateral displacement, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a rail-chair for meeting ends of adjacent sections'of rail, which chair is provided with integral or permanently connected lockingstuds adapted to interlock with perforations provided in the web of the rail and hascoperating therewith a slidable member adapted to contact with the rail and with the chair for the purpose of holding the rail against lateral displacement.

in the annexed drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a plan'view of two fragments of rail placed in position within my improved chair. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof with a portion of the locking-wedge broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. a is a sectional view on line at 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rail-chair, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of the locking-wedge adapted to cooperate therewith.

Referring to the parts, 7 7 represent the rails, which are provided with the usual per- ,fo rations near the ends thereof and with the usual bottom flanges 9. 10 is the base of the chair forming the central feature of the present invention, which base is provided upon one side with the longitudinally-extending flange 11, from which project laterally the lugs or studs .12, a plurality of such studs being provided, which studs project from the inner face of the flange 11that is, in a direction toward the web of the rails. As will be noted from the sectional view, Fig. 4, the flange 11 rises above the base 10 sufficiently high so that the upper portion of said flange rests substantially in contact with the ball of the rail, so as to form a support therefor, the rail resting upon the base 10 and upper face of the flange 11. Upon the opposite side of the base 10 is a second flange 13, which is provided with the perforations 14 near the inner edge thereofthat is, adjacent to the rails 7. As the flanges 11 and 13 rise obliquely from the base 10, they provide longitudinal recesses or channels for the base-flange of the rail, and it will be noted that the opening provided between the flanges is wider than the baseflange of the rail, so that the rail may be moved laterally upon the base 10 when desired. Cooperating with the chair described is a longitudinally-slidable wedge or locking member 15, which is adapted to contact with the web of the rail at one side and has the lat erally-extending flange 16, adapted to rest under the flange 13, at the opposite side. The wedge 15 is provided with seats 17, which when the wedge is placed in position will 00- incide with the openings 14, so that spikes may be driven through the openings 14 17 and into a tie. In use the rail ends are placed upon the base 10 and moved laterally of such base, so as to bring the lugs 12 into the openings 8 of the rails, after which the lockingwedge is placed in position, as indicated in Fig. 3, by being projected longitudinally of the rail between the flange 13 and the railweb, thereby crowding the rail against the flange 11 and seating the lugs 12in the perforations provided in the railavedge. When the web has been driven to its home position, the openings 14 and 17 will be in coincidence, and the spikes may be driven through the openings 14 upon the opposite side of the chair, thereby securing the chair firmly in position upon the ties. When it is desired to remove one or more of the rail-sections, all that is necessary is that the spikes projected through the openings 1+1 be withdrawn, after which the locking-wedge 15 may be driven out and the rails removed. For the purpose of insuring close contact of the cooperating parts it is preferred that the member 15 be formed substantially wedge shaped, one of the ends being slightly wider than the other.

It is evident that studs 12 may project laterally from the chair, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which case corresponding recesses should be provided in the lower flange of the rail adjacent thereto to interlock with the studs 12". This will avoid weakening the web of the rail by boring the holes 8 therein and will permit of a stronger joint.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a rail-chair comprising a seat, flanges on said seat, one of said flanges being perforated, studs projecting laterally from the other flange, and a longitudinally-slidable locking member adapted to be interposed between said perforated flange and a rail, said slidable member having recesses in the outer edge thereof which are adapted to register with the perforations in said perforated flange.

2. In a device of the character described, a rail-chair comprising a seat, a flange on said seat extending upwardly therefrom, studs on said flange projecting laterally therefrom, a flange on the opposite portion of said seat, there being perforations in said last-mentioned flange and a slidable member adapted to lock said chair in position, there being recesses in said slidable member adapted to register with said perforations.

3. In a device of the character described, a rail-chair comprising a seat, flanges at each longitudinal edge of said seat, one of said flanges being perforated, a recessed locking member, the recesses of which are adapted to EDl/VARD WILLOWS. Witnesses F. H. GIBBS, JOHN F. DEUFFERWIEL. 

